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Specific use case post for people building RAG applications or AI agents that need current documentation as a knowledge source. The problem I kept running into: documentation changes. A library updat...
I do not have a strong local development setup. I move between machines and I have always found setting up environments and dependencies one of the more tedious parts of any project. Replit is a cloud...
I have been watching the no-code and AI coding space for a while waiting for something that could actually handle full-stack applications rather than just generating a static frontend that falls apart...
I switch between languages a lot depending on the project. Python for data work, TypeScript for frontend, Go for some backend services, occasional R for statistical analysis. Most AI coding tools have...
Context: I am a non-technical co-founder. My background is commercial, not engineering. I have had product ideas for years that went nowhere because I could not afford to build them speculatively and ...
If you work with production data in development and testing environments you already know this is a problem. Real customer records, real PII, real financial data sitting in environments with looser ac...
I work on a large codebase with a long history. Most AI coding assistants get noticeably less useful as the codebase grows because they work from a limited context window and have no real understandin...
The thing I want to describe about Windsurf is the experience of using it rather than the feature list because I think the feature list undersells it. The Integrated Terminal and Browser inside the e...
Most Copilot coverage treats it as a sophisticated autocomplete tool. This guide shows what it looks like when you use it properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJqGYwRq0uc The full walkthrough co...
I want to write this from a specific perspective that I have not seen much: someone who is new to professional development and using Copilot from day one. The concern I had before starting was that l...
I want to write about a Sourcegraph Cody capability that tends to get listed as a bullet point in feature overviews without much explanation of why it is valuable in practice. The Security Vulnerabil...
When we first deployed Tabnine across our development team the suggestions were accurate in a general sense but frequently suggested patterns we do not use. Third-party libraries we have replaced with...
It's blowing my mind how powerful Replit is. This AI builds full apps by itself, tests 'em out, and even plugs into Slack for bots. This dude breaks down 4 ways to turn it into cash: selling custom to...
I have seen both replit and lovable get a lot attention online for No Code solutions. I am keen on starting but would like to know what peoples experience have been for developing games?
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